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Series
Criterion collection volume 1167
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explores the friendship between two struggling single mothers: one a working-class white woman who ascends to the top of the business world, and the other her Black housekeeper, whose life is shattered by the rejection of her rebellious, white-passing daughter. It is this latter relationship attuned to America's bitter racial realities and heartbreakingly enacted by trailblazing Black performers Beavers and Washington that lends the film its transcendent...
2) Holiday Inn
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
75th anniversary edition.
Language
English
Description
Screen legends Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire sing and dance in one of the most timeless holiday classics of all time. Featuring the Academy Award-winning song, "White Christmas", Crosby plays a song and dance man who leaves showbiz to run an inn that is open only on holidays. Astaire plays his former partner and rival in love. Follow the two talented pals as they find themselves competing for the affections of the same lovely lady.
Series
Language
English
Description
1934 version: Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.
1959 version: Two single mothers, a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman, attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
Pub. Date
1934.
Edition
Standard format (1.33:first, 1934 version) & widescreen format (1.85:first, 1959 version).
Language
English
Description
1934 version: Two single mothers join together to form a successful business, but find that material success does nothing to stabilize their personal lives.
1959 version: Two single mothers-- a down-on-her-luck actress and a homeless woman-- attempt to find happiness for themselves and their daughters.
Series
Criterion collection volume 505
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Special edition] ; full screen.
Language
English
Description
After losing their house to foreclosure, an elderly couple is separated when none of their five children will take them in together.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A popular husband-and-wife entertainer team, making their move from radio to television, believe their lives will be complete when they can start a family. When they decide to adopt, they face problems and disappointments and are ultimately rewarded with an overabundance of babies.
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